Roel de Kok is Manager Branding at energiedirect.nl, a Dutch energy company that supplies electricity and gas to private customers. The marketing department consists of three teams, the digital team who is responsible for the front end of the website, the marketing activation team who is responsible for all propositions and services, and lastly the…
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Hugo van Mol is Team Lead Marketing Specialists at Efteling. Efteling is a fantasy-themed amusement park in Kaatsheuvel, the Netherlands. Hugo is responsible for managing an in-house team of 15 marketing professionals within the areas of online advertising, web analytics, conversion optimisation, web personalisation, CRM & data marketing, social media, content marketing and earned media…
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Ross Antrobus is the Head of Behavioural Insights & Business Analytics team at The Football Association (The FA), the governing body of football in England. The Association is responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels, from grassroots through to the professional game, the FA Cup, and the England International teams. Together with…
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Saskia Baaij-Verhoeven is VP Digital Strategy at ViacomCBS, a leading premium content powerhouse with a global scale. Saskia: “Thanks to the merge between Viacom and CBS in 2019, we have brought a large library of content together to cover all targets from kids to adults and a great variety of genres. Alongside that, we focus…
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Rene Repko is a well-known marketer in the Netherlands, highly specialised in retail marketing. In his current position as General Manager (a.i.) he is responsible for the management team, e-commerce, and marketing for State of Art Menswear. A fashion retail company with a webshop, 40 stores in the Netherlands and Belgium, and many more shop-in-shop…
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Lisanne Meerkerk is Head of Global Marketing Campaigns for Orange Cyberdefense, the cybersecurity business unit of the Orange Group, providing managed security, managed threat detection and response services to organisations around the world. Orange Cyberdefense expanded into Europe when they bought SecureLink and SecureData in 2019. Lisanne’s main responsibility is defining, planning, and executing the…
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Ingrid Spierts is Head of Marketing at Automotive MediaVentions, which is a joint venture between DPG Media and Mediahuis, the two biggest media groups in the Netherlands. Automotive MediaVentions has three separate brands: Gaspedaal, AutoTrack, and AutoWereld, which are online platforms facilitating car dealers to better serve the Dutch car buyer. Ingrid: “Having the two…
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Thomas van de Weerd is CEO and co-founder of Pathé Thuis, the video-on-demand service of Pathé, one of the largest movie theatre chains in the Netherlands. Thomas: “We wanted to facilitate a movie theatre experience in your own living room. We started in 2010, the time when Free Record Shop was still around, and most…
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Jorn Agterberg is Marketing Manager at Qmusic, the biggest radio station in the Netherlands, and is owned by the Belgian/Dutch media group DPG Media. Jorn joined Qmusic, in the Netherlands often referred to as simply ‘Q’ in 2011 and has been fulfilling his current role since 2016. Main KPIs for brand growth Jorn shares that…
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Karlien Kelgtermans is Communication Manager at Telenet, a leading Belgian provider of television, internet, and telephone services. She joined the company 3,5 years ago, first starting for the brand BASE which Telenet acquired 5 years ago. Since May 2020 she has been working at Telenet Business and is responsible for marketing campaigns, media, concepts, managing…
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